VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By contrast, they backed 620 funds in the last three months of 2021 First time fund managers hit hard: In 2022, limited partners backed 141 funds run by first-time managers, a 59% decline from the prior year and the lowest number since 2013 How does the constrained LP environment manifest for funds and startups?

Venture Capital 215

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Institutional Investors 215

David Teten

MAY 16, 2017

A few years ago, I presented at an Invesco conference on Emerging GPs, and one of the highlights was a presentation by Laurie Weir summarizing CALPERS’ selection criteria under their Private Equity Emerging Manager Program Review. Denis Tse: Fund Management Craftsmanship: An LP’s Food for Thought for Emerging VC General Partners.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 60

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

During her career she made a big point of not telling you: she was one of the first women Venture Capitalist’s in Silicon Valley (along with M.J. When I was where you are, 36 years ago (can ya believe it) I didn’t have a plan—but I did have an aspiration: I wanted to go to Silicon Valley and I wanted to work in startups.

Venture Capital 333

Venture Capital Silicon Valley Chicago Cofounder 333

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Bootstrapping 101.

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Growthink Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

Over the last three weeks, we have discussed the various factors that drive the 25% IRR return potential of the startup and emerging company investing class. Yet, for the very most part, it is to this world that most of us turn to manage our money. So when results come back that are barely average, we should not be surprised.

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Omaha Accredited Investor IRR Silicon Valley 91

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

See the Techcrunch posts by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank , my recent post on the quality of angel returns data , as well as reports from the Silicon Valley Bank and Kauffman Foundation. However, the conventional wisdom is that small VC funds have better performance profiles than large ones.

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LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. The panel was a typical Silicon Valley shmoozefest hosted at a law firm with about 75+ attendees. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28